Remind me: what did I like about airports?

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You can doze off after breakfast in Paris (my partner did) and awake before
lunch as the Mediterranean slides by your carriage window. Train and air
travel are converging. On Friday I got a whole Times column off
before lunch as we sped from Paris to Figueres (a couple of stops before
Barcelona) in about five gloriously relaxed, stretch- your-legs hours. No
airport security; no hours checking in; and no yomping down endless airport
corridors and lingering by baggage carousels.

And before you cry “well bully for you, but you can afford it”, I travelled
first class for €80, booked